I realized celtic culture group has no union, but Cornwall can form britain. I assume this means Wales can also. So yea, make Great Britain able to be a celtic cultural union, just like HRE can be for either Italians or Germans.
I think Ireland would be the better candidate for that.
Just because something didn't happen, doesn't mean it couldn't have.
Could just make two "Great Britain" tags. Use the one we've already got for the English forming it. Then, create a different one if a Celtic nation forms it, and make it the Celtic cultural union.
Great Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island.
Not going to happen. The Welsh and Irish were often revolting, and the idea of Jacobitism evolved into a sort of Gaelic and/or Catholic nationalism. To say that Britain was a union of all Celtic cultures would be far from the historical truth. The English aristocracy intended to colonize Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and to a great extent they did... replacing native peoples with Anglophones.
The Celtic nations shouldn't have a union tag, because they shouldn't be united. When Scotland had the ability to annex Ireland, they instead attempted to have one brother as King of Scotland and the other as King of Ireland.
True, but this would be by far the most implausible nation one could form, since it never existed before, during, or after the game, and there was never any attempt to form such a nation.
True, but this would be by far the most implausible nation one could form, since it never existed before, during, or after the game, and there was never any attempt to form such a nation.
I think GB would probably be a poor substitute. The required areas would likely require Scotland, Ireland, and maybe some part of Brittany. England wouldn't really be of much use to such a nation, and would likely be a burden with revolts and such. I guess the cores for the nation would probably cover Brittany, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Cornwall. I have no idea what one might call such a nation though. It would probably be near impossible to form though, considering such a nation would require that you beat England and France using some of the weakest nations in Europe.
You're saying it's implausible because it didn't actually happen.
What about the creation of the actual Spain, out of a sheer stroke of luck (considering castilians had more in common with portuguese than with catalans)? Should it be removed, because it was quite implausible too?
What if Scotland had inherited one or more irish minors and managed to extend their rule over the entire island ; wouldn't they have the possibility to become another kingdom in the long run? (Sure, they actually didn't, but they could have)
That's not really the cultural union of all gaels, but as cornish and welsh populations suffer under the british yoke (and britons oppressed by the french?), that would be the closest you could have.
So, wether you say that only actual historic countries must have such opportunities to form ; or you admit that every cultural union might have been possible had history unfolded differently.
You can't be half way like that.
You're saying it's implausible because it didn't actually happen.
What about the creation of the actual Spain, out of a sheer stroke of luck (considering castilians had more in common with portuguese than with catalans)? Should it be removed, because it was quite implausible too?
What if Scotland had inherited one or more irish minors and managed to extend their rule over the entire island ; wouldn't they have the possibility to become another kingdom in the long run? (Sure, they actually didn't, but they could have)
That's not really the cultural union of all gaels, but as cornish and welsh populations suffer under the british yoke (and britons oppressed by the french?), that would be the closest you could have.
So, wether you say that only actual historic countries must have such opportunities to form ; or you admit that every cultural union might have been possible had history unfolded differently.
You can't be half way like that.
True, but this would be by far the most implausible nation one could form, since it never existed before, during, or after the game, and there was never any attempt to form such a nation.
Celtic Union + Scotland is weaker than England even without French territory in both manpower and wealth. Scotland and England being in the same culture group is whacked. And Cornwall should not be able to form Britain. Angles and Saxons and therefore Anglo-Saxons are not Celts. Neither are Danes or Jutes which also contribute to the English ethnicity.
Histroically, Scotland formed GB. Act of union in 1707. James VI of Scotland became James I of England a long time before this. Poor England was the junior partner in a PU all that time.